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Off-grid living in Utah is best represented by all the construction going on this Fall at Riverbed Ranch, Utah's 1st & only resident-owned, off-grid self-reliance community. Also watch our backstory video here: https://rumble.com/v32rv6i-operation-self-reliance-founder-wows-exit-and-build-expo-in-texas.html About the Riverbed Ranch The Utah OSR Land Cooperative is a non-profit agricultural co-op organized under Title 3 of the Utah Code. The co-op shareholders together own all 1,245 acres of farmland known as Riverbed Ranch. It's located in Juab County on the border of Tooele County. The acreage has been divided into 250 homesteads where families can build the online-but-off-grid homestead of their dreams. Three things make this homesteading project truly unique: ◉ Utah's first and only non-profit land developer helps families eliminate their mortgage and utility bills by building low-cost, self-reliance, off-grid homesteads. ◉ Low-cost homesteads – Our non-profit co-op actively searches for ways to reduce your costs in building and maintaining a high-value lifestyle for your family. You can get your family into your own 2-acre passive solar homestead beginning around $230,000, including passive solar home, barn/shop, greenhouse, and well. ◉ Protection from Societal Instability – We help families insulate and protect themselves from society's instability by setting them up to fulfill all their own life-sustaining needs – food, water, power, and sanitation. Here's our website: https://Riverbed-Ranch.com You can also visit two of the partners in this non-profit initiative: https://AcademyOSR.com https://OSRCommunity.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Related links: Twitter: Twitter.com/RanchRiverbed MeWe: Mewe.com/group/5e45839b2be6bd38d19c2cd0 Parler: https://parler.com/#/user/Homesteading Locals: https://homesteading.locals.com/ LinkedIn Group: Linkedin.com/company/29329738/ Facebook Page: Facebook.com/RiverbedRanch.UT Facebook Group: Facebook.com/groups/academyofselfreliance Tours: Eventbrite.com/o/riverbed-ranch-27972265747 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #offgridcommunity #buildingoffgrid #homesteading #offgridliving #permaculture #selfsufficiency #selfreliance #SustainableLiving #offgrid

The non-profit Academy of Self-Reliance explores "Ultimate Preparedness" in this short video. "Watch as we unfold the narrative that redefines preparedness, emphasizing the synergy of a self-reliant community over the solitude of individual efforts. From the psychological benefits of social bonds to the practicalities of shared assets and the imperative of renewable resources, this video is a call to action for communities worldwide."

Ebook author, Jesse Fisher, shares his 4-step continuum for exiting the Matrix of Dependency that controls our lives from when we wake up, until we sleep. He gives actionable items for the four "challenging" steps: 1. Prepare to unplug 2. Become a Producer 3. Physically Unplug 4. Build Your Zi-on (like in the Matrix).

Off-grid community construction projects are going strong at Riverbed Ranch this Summer! Over-130 full-time residents are making great progress building out their off-grid homes. Watch our backstory video here: https://bit.ly/osr-riverbed

At the Exit & Build Summit in Bastrop Texas this Spring, Philip Gleason, the founder of "Operation Self-Reliance" (OSR), gave a 25-minute presentation. Gleason covered his life-altering experiences that changed his focus in life to preparedness and self-reliance. These experiences set him on a course to now focus on creating five off-grid, resident-owned, cooperative communities all up and down the Rocky Mountains. Quite a few people came to our booth after his presentation to say how much they enjoyed it (some even said it was the best speech of the entire event!). In this video Philip Gleason mentions the Utah OSR Land Co-op that is up and running at Riverbed Ranch, Utah, and, the Arizona OSR Land Co-op that is being established East of Snowflake, Arizona. As a point of interest, Riverbed Ranch already enjoys: * Over 100 residents, roughly half are children, * Our own fully-trained volunteer fire department with 2 trucks, * Our own concrete plant that can deliver the NEXT day!, * Spring and Fall festivals with activities for the kids, * A co-op store that sells gas and diesel. * Over fifty-five new wells all of which hit water, * 1,245 acres of debt-free farm land, * Our own homeschool co-op with at least 30 kids attending, * A Welcome Center to receive visitors and host tours, and * Bulk-buying opportunities for building and gardening supplies. Speaking of tours, here's where you can see our currently-scheduled tours and register: https://riverbed-ranch/exit-build

Off-grid community living at Riverbed Ranch is going strong! Our our 120 full-time residents are making great progress building out their off-grid homesteads. Watch to see the various self-reliance projects they're working on. Also watch our backstory video here: https://rumble.com/vfykjf-operation-self-reliance-helping-families-attain-a-self-sufficient-lifestyle.html

The off-grid community, Riverbed Ranch, is Utah's 1st and only resident-owned, cooperative community! Watch our community grow in this narrated progress report for the first half of May 2023. Be sure to view our backstory video here: https://rumble.com/vfykjf-operation-self-reliance-helping-families-attain-a-self-sufficient-lifestyle.html Riverbed Ranch is an unincorporated, off-grid community tucked away in northern Juab County. Here modern families can trade a life of gridlock, utility bills and grocery shopping for a life of self-reliance, fresh food and air, and cooperation with like-minded folks in an agrarian desert paradise. It's an off-grid farming community presently comprising over 100 full-time residents and will eventually become a 250-family, online-but-off-grid, self-reliance community. It's organized legally as an agricultural co-op under Title 3 of the Utah Code, also known as the Uniform Agricultural Cooperative Association Act. Watch more videos on our account.

We're building an off-grid farming community where you can work remotely while building out a self-reliance farm. Thirty-five families reside at Riverbed Ranch. The goal of the town is to help every resident to produce all their own life-sustaining food, water and power! We hope that every household will also have their own home-based business so that Riverbed Ranch will have a wide variety of local goods and services. The remaining lots at Riverbed Ranch range from 2.0 to 2.4 acres. Each lot comes with 2.5 acre-feet of water shares (that's 800,000 gallons of water a year). Well permit included! Our off-grid farming town is nestled between the Keg Mountain and Simpson Mountain ranges, and is about a half mile East to West and 3 miles North to South. Watch our virtual tour and backstory videos here: https://www.Riverbed-Ranch.com/rm About this Project Riverbed Ranch is a creation of the Utah OSR Land Cooperative, Utah's only non-profit land developer created for the benefit of those who join the co-op. The focus of a co-op is to minimize costs, not to maximize profits like traditional land developers. This is not a political or religious project, it is an agricultural cooperative organized under Title 3 of the Utah Code by a leading co-op attorney we hired. Motivation Our current shareholders value this agricultural cooperative as an ideal opportunity to enjoy: - Self-Sufficiency - Providing for their family's essential needs without having to rely on markets or the government for food, water, power or sanitation. - Family - Providing their children a more carefree rural lifestyle, where they can learn to work. - Safety - A place of safety for their families, from things either now or in the future, and - Heath - The health benefits of growing your own more-nutritious, non-GMO food untainted by pesticides and herbicides. Benefits A share in the Utah OSR Land Cooperative gives you these benefits: - A cooperative's equivalent of a title to 2 acres at the Riverbed Ranch farm-steading community (it's called a proprietary occupancy agreement and can be bought and sold). - At least 2.5 acre-feet of water shares, Also a pre-paid well permit. - Opportunity to use some of the additional 500 acres of farmland for agricultural projects of your choosing. - A vote in the cooperative to elect board members, - Group purchases of products and services needed to build your homestead. - Opportunity to sell your products and services through the co-op, Watch our virtual tour and backstory videos: https://www.Riverbed-Ranch.com/rm

Going off the grid in Utah is made much easier by a cooperative land developer mentioned in this interview of Joseph & Tylen Garcia of Las Vegas. The Garcias were looking for a place to build off-grid. After considering Hawaii and Texas, they ran across an ad for Riverbed Ranch off-grid community and realized it offered them everything they want for their family!

Riverbed Ranch, Utah, is an off-grid community being built by the state's only non-profit land developer -- the Utah OSR Land Co-op. This video shows some of the progress of a few of the residents. Also watch our virtual tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJob3... About the Riverbed Ranch The Utah OSR Land Cooperative is a non-profit agricultural co-op organized under Title 3 of the Utah Code. The co-op shareholders together own all 1,245 acres of farmland known as Riverbed Ranch. It's located in Juab County on the border of Tooele County. The acreage has been divided into 250 homesteads where families can build the online-but-off-grid homestead of their dreams. Three things make this homesteading project truly unique: ◉ Utah's first and only non-profit land developer helps families eliminate their mortgage and utility bills by building low-cost, self-reliance, off-grid homesteads. ◉ Low-cost homesteads – Our non-profit co-op actively searches for ways to reduce your costs in building and maintaining a high-value lifestyle for your family. You can get your family into your own 2-acre passive solar homestead beginning around $200,000, including passive solar home, barn/shop, greenhouse, and well. ◉ Protection from Societal Instability – We help families insulate and protect themselves from society's instability by setting them up to fulfill all their own life-sustaining needs – food, water, power, and sanitation. Our Track Record As of today, 106 co-op shareholders have followed our proven OSR Homestead Launching Process which includes the following: ● Attracting self-reliant, social people who share our vision of a modern homesteading community where families can provide their own needs while surrounded by others doing the same. ● The Path Training Program helps families identify their homesteading wants and needs, plans, and projected costs. ● The Academy of Self-Reliance newsletter keeps the vision alive and informs subscribers of group savings available. ● Prospective Shareholder Interview makes double-sure that your family is ready to make the transition to a lifestyle of independence & self-reliance. ● Joining the OSR Co-op – Families join a community of other self-reliant people working and helping each other. Learn More: Watch our 53-minute intro video explaining this project's roots and how it has progressed over the last several decades and come to fruition now as Riverbed Ranch! It's here: http://bit.ly/utah-pioneers​​​​ Visit two of the partners in this non-profit initiative: https://AcademyOSR.com https://OSRCommunity.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are also on: MeWe: https://bit.ly/3rRwa4r Parler: https://parler.com/#/user/Homesteading Locals: https://homesteading.locals.com/ LinkedIn Group: Linkedin.com/company/29329738/ Facebook Page: Facebook.com/RiverbedRanch.UT Facebook Group: https:/facebook.com/groups/academyofselfreliance Tours: https://bit.ly/3Lka5DA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #buildingoffgrid #homesteading #farmlife #offgridliving #septic#permaculture #selfsufficiency #selfreliance #SustainableLiving #offgrid

Riverbed Ranch, Utah, is an off-grid community being created by the Utah OSR Land Co-op. It is a non-profit agricultural cooperative organized under Utah law by one of the country's top co-op attorneys for the benefit of those who choose to join and live an off-grid, agricultural lifestyle. Watch our virtual tour: https://rumble.com/vobynl-2021-riverbed-ranch-virtual-tour-utahs-1st-and-only-homesteading-town.html Locals: https://homesteading.locals.com/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/RiverbedRanch.UT MeWe: https://mewe.com/group/5e45839b2be6bd38d19c2cd0 Twitter: https://twitter.com/RanchRiverbed

Jonathan and Cheryl Olson of Orem, Utah, first thought the whole thing was crazy, then after further inquiry, they realize that off-grid living offers them everything they want for their family!

Building off the grid is a LOT of work! But it also can be fun. Riverbed Ranch was created by the non-profit Utah OSR Land Cooperative, organized by one of the country's top co-op attorneys for the benefit of those who join. About the Riverbed Ranch The Utah OSR Land Cooperative is a non-profit agricultural co-op organized under Title 3 of the Utah Code. The co-op shareholders together own all 1,245 acres of farmland known as Riverbed Ranch. It's located in Juab County on the border of Tooele County. The acreage has been divided up into 250 homesteads where families can build the online-but-off-grid homestead of their dreams. AND, there's another 500 acres for individual family and group projects. Three things make this homesteading project truly unique: ◉ Utah's first and only non-profit land developer helps families eliminate their mortgage and utility bills by building low-cost, self-reliance, off-grid homesteads. ◉ Low-cost homesteads – Our non-profit co-op actively searches for ways to reduce your costs in building and maintaining a high-value lifestyle for your family. You can get your family into your own 2-acre passive solar homestead beginning around $200,000, including passive solar home, barn/shop, greenhouse, and well. ◉ Protection from Societal Instability – We help families insulate and protect themselves from society's instability by setting them up to fulfill all their own life-sustaining needs – food, water, power, and sanitation. Our Track Record As of 2/22/22, 101 co-op shareholders have followed our proven OSR Homestead Launching Process which includes the following: ● Attracting self-reliant, social people who share our vision of a modern homesteading community where families can provide their own needs while surrounded by others doing the same. ● The Path Training Program helps families identify their homesteading wants and needs, plans, and projected costs. ● The Academy of Self-Reliance newsletter keeps the vision alive and informs subscribers of group savings available. ● Prospective Shareholder Interview makes double-sure that your family is ready to make the transition to a lifestyle of independence & self-reliance. ● Joining the OSR Co-op – Families join a community of other self-reliant people working and helping each other. Learn More: #buildingoffgrid #homesteading #farmlife #offgridliving #septic #permaculture #selfsufficiency #selfreliance #SustainableLiving #offgrid

Riverbed Ranch is a unique modern homesteading town. The Utah OSR Land Cooperative is an agricultural co-op organized under Utah law. This non-profit co-op is building an entire town full of individuals and families that want to produce all their own food, water, and power. To learn more, visit https://www.Riverbed-Ranch.com

In this episode we show what's been happening since our last video -- more basements dug, framed and poured. More well water flowing, more water tanks delivered... more everything! https://www.Riverbed-Ranch.com/rm #homesteading​​​​ #offgridliving​​​​ #greenhouses​​​​ #gardening​​​​ #permaculture​​​​ #selfsufficiency​​​​ #selfreliance​​​​ #organicfoods About the Riverbed Ranch The Utah OSR Land Cooperative is a non-profit agricultural co-op organized under Title 3 of the Utah Code. The co-op shareholders together own Riverbed Ranch -- a 1,245 acre piece of farmland located in Juab County on the border of Tooele County. The residential area has been subdivided into 2 to 3.9 acre lots where families can build the online-but-off-grid farmsteads of their dreams. Benefits: Our current 63 shareholders value their agricultural cooperative as an ideal opportunity to enjoy: ❤️ Self-Sufficiency – Providing for their family's essential needs without having to rely on markets or the government for food, water, power or sanitation. ❤️ Family – Insulating their children from unwanted influences in our cities, and providing them a more carefree rural lifestyle, where they can learn to work. ❤️ Safety – A place of safety for their families, from things either now or in the future, and ❤️ Heath – The health benefits of growing your own more-nutritious, non-GMO food untainted by pesticides and herbicides. (We're going to create our own organic foods label for local distribution!). Features: A share in the Utah OSR Land Cooperative gives you these benefits: 1. A cooperative's equivalent of a title to 2 acres at the Riverbed Ranch farm-steading community (it's called a “proprietary occupancy agreement” and can be bought and sold -- just like at hundreds of housing co-ops in big cities like Chicago and New York). 2. Two and a half acre-feet of water rights (that's 814,627 gallons of well water a year), 3. A vote in the cooperative, 4. Opportunity for group purchases of products and services needed to build your homestead. 5. Opportunity to sell your products and services through the co-op, 6. First stab at job openings within the cooperative, and 7. The opportunity to spearhead the creation of sub-cooperatives to provide jobs and goods and services to the co-op members and/or outside customers. Learn More! Watch our 53-minute intro video explaining this project's roots and how it has progressed over the last several decades and come to fruition now as Riverbed Ranch! It's here: http://bit.ly/utah-pioneers​​​​ You can also visit the websites of two of the partners in this non-profit initiative: - https://AcademyOSR.com​​​​​ - https://OSRCommunity.com​​​ AND, if you're super-interested, you can be added to our OSR Academy Chat private Facebook group where current and future shareholders share ideas on topics directly related to transitioning to the Riverbed Ranch. Just befriend Jesse Fisher, and ask to be added. His account is here: https://www.facebook.com/top10traffic​​ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

About this video: Here we show progress being made at Riverbed Ranch where homesteading families are building houses, walls, and septic systems. Also, additional progress is being made in the production of food. About the Riverbed Ranch The Utah OSR Land Cooperative is a non-profit agricultural co-op organized under Title 3 of the Utah Code. The co-op shareholders together own Riverbed Ranch -- a 1,245 acre piece of farmland located in Juab County on the border of Tooele County. The residential area has been subdivided into 2 to 3.9 acre lots where families can build the online-but-off-grid farmsteads of their dreams. Benefits: Our current 63 shareholders value their agricultural cooperative as an ideal opportunity to enjoy: ❤️ Self-Sufficiency – Providing for their family's essential needs without having to rely on markets or the government for food, water, power or sanitation. ❤️ Family – Insulating their children from unwanted influences in our cities, and providing them a more carefree rural lifestyle, where they can learn to work. ❤️ Safety – A place of safety for their families, from things either now or in the future, and ❤️ Heath – The health benefits of growing your own more-nutritious, non-GMO food untainted by pesticides and herbicides. (We're going to create our own organic foods label for local distribution!). Feature: A share in the Utah OSR Land Cooperative gives you these benefits: 1. A cooperative's equivalent of a title to 2 acres at the Riverbed Ranch farm-steading community (it's called a “proprietary occupancy agreement” and can be bought and sold -- just like at hundreds of housing co-ops in big cities like Chicago and New York). 2. Two and a half acre-feet of water rights (that's 814,627 gallons of well water a year), 3. A vote in the cooperative, 4. Opportunity for group purchases of products and services needed to build your homestead. 5. Opportunity to sell your products and services through the co-op, 6. First stab at job openings within the cooperative, and 7. The opportunity to spearhead the creation of sub-cooperatives to provide jobs and goods and services to the co-op members and/or outside customers. Learn More! Visit two of the partners in this non-profit initiative: https://AcademyOSR.com https://OSRCommunity.com

SUMMARY: “Operation Self-Reliance” is a private, non-profit partnership of organizations helping families achieve complete self-reliance, not dependent on cities for their food, water, power or sanitation needs, and, living in an environmentally sustainable way, debt-free. This partnership centers on the creation of a modern cooperative homestead community located in a beautiful valley nestled between two mountains in West Central Utah. KEYWORDS: Modern homesteading, sustainable living, permaculture design, farmers coop, sustainable agriculture. DETAILS: Homesteading today is very different than that practiced by our ancestors. Modern Homesteading is about achieving sustainable agriculture and food security without sacrificing the benefits of modern knowledge. The Academy of Self-Reliance, a Utah non-profit Operation Self-Reliance partner, helps families along the path to self-reliance with it's various educational programs, hands-on workshops, and events. The Academy's “Path Program” helps families create their own detailed, actionable plan to create a self-reliance homestead. That homestead can be located on one's own property, or, in our homesteading community. A Cooperative Homesteading Community The Utah OSR Land Co-op is creating an agricultural cooperative community on Riverbed Ranch Road in Juab County, Utah. The 250-family village will include: - High-speed fiber optic Internet, - A Co-op store for importing and exporting products. - An RV and camping park, - A BMX bicycle course for the kids to enjoy, and - A ropes course, for local youth and corporate retreats. About the Individual Homesteads Each privately-owned and operated 2 acre modern homestead is expected to practice sustainable food production and resilient agricultural practices. Each self-sufficient homestead will produce much of their own food via gardens and greenhouses, have their own water well, and generate all their own power using solar panel systems. Each shareholder's passive solar home will be built so that it requires little or no energy to heat and cool. A barn will also be built on each homestead for animals and/or storage. Co-op Common Areas The common areas in the community will include 200-yard wide greenbelt running up the center of the community and sporting edible landscaping with a permaculture twist. This greenbelt will include a private road, jogging path, an overflow catchment, and lots of honeybee-friendly trees, bushes, and plants. Some of the common areas will be made into parks, with walking paths, ponds, and various decorative and food-producing trees and plants. Most of the Utah OSR Land Co-op's common areas will be used to produce agricultural products to supply co-op members and to be sold in neighboring communities. In this way, the co-op will be able to employ some shareholders in these joint projects. A Success-Oriented Community Since the cooperative is run by its shareholders, and is a non-profit, the co-op has no interest in having anyone's self-sufficient homestead fail. So, every effort will be made to assist, educate and cooperate with each shareholder to help them succeed in achieving practical self-reliance. The Utah OSR Land Cooperative The Utah OSR Land Co-op is an agricultural cooperative organized under Title 3 of the Utah Code. Title 3 gives lots of advantages to the small agricultural farmer to give them “a leg up”. This farmer cooperative is run by its shareholders on a one-man, one-vote basis. Also, Title 3 allows the co-op to prevent investors from buying up a controlling number of shares and changing the purpose of the project – to help families achieve optimum self-reliance in a cooperative community setting. Is it Sustainable? Some believe that organic farming is not sustainable, but we vehemently disagree and will prove that regenerative organic agriculture and sustainable farming practices can bring great prosperity to a cooperative community. In fact, we believe that a co-op community that balances agricultural production on private property with community-owned agricultural projects, can become self-sustaining and work wonderfully well for everyone. Additional Community Services Similar to an industrial park, the Utah OSR Land Co-op has set aside 40 acres for the privately owned and operated services described in the above video: 1. Academy of Self-Reliance higher-learning campus, 2. OSR K-12 campus, 3. Assisted Living / Retirement Home 4. Whole Health / Life Coach clinic 5. Child Rescue Home 6. Young Mothers Home, and 7. Equine / Canine Therapy Barn Get More Information: - Here's an summary printable info sheet: https://bit.ly/OSR-info which also explains how to get involved. - https://www.facebook.com/groups/academyofselfreliance/ Our Facebook group where we share self-reliance related articles and videos, and, post Academy events.

"We're Doing it!" - This video is an update for Utah's first and only #NonProfit​ land developer, the Utah OSR Land #Cooperative​, and Utah's only modern #Farmsteading​ community - Riverbed Ranch! In this episode we show some of what's happening at #RiverbedRanch​ lately, including some cool house and farm layout designs one shareholder has created. About the Riverbed Ranch The Utah OSR Land Cooperative is a non-profit agricultural co-op organized under Title 3 of the Utah Code. The co-op shareholders together own Riverbed Ranch -- a 1,245 acre piece of farmland located in Juab County on the border of Tooele County. The residential area has been subdivided into 250 two to 3.9 acre lots where families can build the online-but-off-grid farmsteads of their dreams. One of many we save our shareholders money The Utah OSR Land Co-op is actually four types of cooperatives in one, benefiting the co-op members in several ways: - A consumer co-op (like Costco) that can get discounts for the members, - A marketing co-op (like ACE Hardware) that can sell our members' products under one label, - A housing cooperative (like in Chicago & New York) that keeps costs low, and - A worker-owned co-op (like WinCo Foods) which gives members first dibs on jobs the co-op creates in the community. Our Track Record As of today, 49 families are following our proven OSR Farmstead Launching Process which includes the following: 1. Attracting self-reliant, social people who share our vision of a modern homesteading community where families can provide their own needs while surrounded by others doing the same. 2. The Path Training Program helps families identify their homesteading wants and needs, plans, and projected costs. 3. The Academy of Self-Reliance newsletter keeps the vision alive and informs subscribers of group savings available. 4. Prospective Shareholder Interview makes double-sure that your family is ready to make the transition to a lifestyle of independence & self-reliance. 5. Joining the OSR Co-op – Families join a community of other self-reliant people working and helping each other. Learn More! Watch our 53-minute intro video explaining how this project has progressed over the last several decades and come to fruition now as Riverbed Ranch! Here's the link mentioned in the video: http://bit.ly/utah-pioneers You can also visit the websites of two of the partners in this non-profit initiative: https://AcademyOSR.com​ https://OSRCommunity.com